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gEDRÖÖS DEMOCRAT, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, J. M. S H E P H E R D . OFFICE IN THE BEDROCK DEMOCRAT Bl'ILDISG. C t t U t j C f f t t f EBMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One year> Six Montiis, 00 50 VOL. 5 . BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 28, 1875. NO. 51. Correspondence from all portions of | Eastern Oregon is solicited for the Democrat. ! All communications, to receive attention, must be accompanied by a responsible name. Personal communications will be charged as special advertisements. 8 . 5X. m m « IL )L * ( 0., 10 State Street, Boston, 37 Park Itow, New York, and 701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are our Agents for procuring advertisements for the Bedrock Democrat, in the above cities, and are authorized to contract for advertising tour lowest rates. n3if We are now prepared to do all kinds of JOB WORK on short notice and at reasona ble rates. N. B.—All Job Work MUST BE PAID FOR ON DELIVERY. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. L. O. STERNS, T. C. IIY’ DE, N otary P ublic . Sterns &.Hyda, Attorneys anti Couiiselmn At-Ln«, BAKER CITY, OREGON. L. O. S teens will attend the Courts of tlio Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and Washington Territories. Y/ater Rights and Mining Litigation a Specialty. Collections promptly attended to. *uno 18, 1873.nOy ID III J, Linuimi Attorncy-at-Law, BAKES CITY, OBEGOX. ILL, PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS o f the tírate. Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nlVv. w J. M . S H E P H E R D , .A -tto rn e y -a t-L a w , BAKER CITY', OREGON. S. V. KfiOX, Attorney at Law, (And Notary Public.) WISTO.V, oai;w ox. Will practice in the Courts of this ¿tale and Washington Territ ,rv. S P E C IA L ATTENTION PAID TO LAND ^ 5 Business, and Collections. nl3ti JOSEPH H. SHINN, No tax*y Publio AND Co nvevanoer, Will attend to Conveyancing and making ABSTRACTS OF TITLE. Baker City. Sept. 11, 1872. n!8tf R W . REYNOLDS, n o t a r y p u b l i c AMD DEPUTY U. 3. MARSHAL. Office with John Brat tain, Three Doors South of Bel- book Demobat otr.ee, on sice ol the Street. Baker City, Sept. 3, I873.ul7m4 A . J . T iilBODO , M , A . M , !). M. A. Queen’s University, ('Canuda, AI. D. Trinity University, j 1851. sician, Ssrgeon, àcc. Office and Residence, at A. xi. Lisan t former residence, nearly opposite the Bed rock Democrat Office. Dakar City, Oregon, Nov. 10, 187-1.-y J-m X 3*« A 'ix v o o d . , M. B. (Graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Now' Yora auu ut tiro iUeuic.il De partment ol the W illam ette Oniveisity,) PHYSICIAN AND SUHGEON, Terms cash, or no patronage solicited. Office one door north oi City Drug U231- BAKLK CITY, OREGON. Store. Ltf J o h n F . C h o rd , Carpenter and Joiner, BAKER CITY, OREGON. Designs and Specifications Furnished. Estimates Made. Terms Liberal. Baker City, Nov. 17, 1871. n2Sy S J M’CORMICK, Importer and Dealer In Boots, Stationary , Toys , fisic AM NEWSPAPERS, FBAHKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’ Headquarters, Fire-proof Briok Building, 105 Front street, Portland, d L Oregon. [ti J. Ü ndei taker. w. c T îê - a v e r laforms the Public that he is prepared to do All kind ol work in the Undertaking Business on short notice and at rasonaide pnces. Baker City, Oct. 1, 1873.n21tí 2 Sewing Mí&ehines- <fc Baker, and a Florence ttae very liest—for sale, quire at thta office. ■A t .r o v e r . both new and For particulars, en- nöOtf. A I>VERTI&IX G: C2 ieaj>: gootE b} a teniatic. All persons who cout&ni- piato making contracts with newspapers for the insertion of advertisements, should send f c c *l t ® l? -feo: p - Iffiwell & Co., 41 Park Row, New York, tor tlieir PAMPHLET Book (nm® ,k ? eVemh e‘3tion), containing lists ot ©ver 2000 newspapers and estimates, showm« the cost. Advertisements taken for leaditm K in many States at a tremendous re ft from publisher’s rates. Get the «3Sr dSf ew Drug Store sag -y Eg » aHBaEBBBBm BMagpMM I Corner Icio Yfc o SrailOTY* Corner of Alain Street and Valley Avenue, BAKER CITY', OREGON, Would respectfully inform the public that he has recently received a well se lected and fresh Stock of Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Perfumeries, Patent Medicines, Soaps, Wines, Brandies, Whiskies and Cordials, For Medicinal purposes. Family Medi cines carefully prepared. Prescrip tions accurately compounded, at ail hours of the uuy or n8 night. Give us a euil. tf Dru^ Store, J . ¥ . WISDOM. Proprietor , Corner Alain Street and Valley Avenue Southwest Side, BAKER CITY, OREGON, K eeps constantly on iianb a Full Assortment of all kinds of Goods, consisting in part of DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS and OILS, WINDOW GLASS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, and TO t o ; & H w®ig For Aledicinal Purposes. TOILET ARTICLES Of Every Description, MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS, AT THE 'NEW STORE, First door above the Express Office. L adies Fauey :tnd Millinery Goods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv. eu hy Express every Month, and for tale at most reasonable Prices. Dress Making Done to Order, and at Short Notice by AIRS. L. J. HUSTON. Baker City-, April 18,1874.-n51m6 ~\Y estern Hotel. MAIN STREET, ...........................................BAKER CITY. REID & FLETCHEE, Propr. r n HIS HOUSE has been enlarged and re- A litted, and isnow the bust Hotel on the Umatilla and Idaho stage route. Stages leave this House for above and be low, and also for Clark’s Creek. Eldorado, Gem City and Sparta. Connected with the Hotel will be found a first class S A. D O O M ! Liquors/ Wines and Cigars of the best quality. Phelan’s Improved Bi; lin’d Tables all m good order. o------ e N. B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel or buioon are requested to appear at the Cat)tain’s office ana settle. no5v3tf. .descriptions prepared at all Hours, and Country. Trade Solicited. City Best Brands, of Fam ily Groceries, To* Baeeos, Cigars, Ac., constantly on Hand, at the' Lowest Prices. Baker City, Oct, 7, 187Pn221y J. B. G ARD N ER. o œ p i— - 0 WATCHMAKER AND JL vYELEE, ESTABLISHED IN EAKEB CITY IN 18G7, Keeps constantly' on hand a well assorted Stock of WATCHES, CLOCKS I JEWELRY, j and is prepared to do all kinds. of work in his line of business. Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory n31 Prices [ tf. HOTEL BESTAIIW 'T c3L O li A N C JA, JOSEPH MANAI DAS, Proprietor, BAKER CITY, OREGON. PAP LEVIES, fïIÔSÆSASÆ and RETAIL, DEALER IN «LFJÜ1S F rgrilE 1*1102*KI 33 TOR HAS Boaglst & the Hotel uestaur■uiit,. next door to tin; Post Office, formerly kept by Sie-ord el Whitcomb, and has titled the same up in tire best style as a Hotel, on the French Restaurant Style, lie is prepared to ac commodate the Public, and is determined to give entiie satitfaction. The House is open from five o’clock in the morning until twelve at night, during which time customers will be supplied with the best of everything to be had in the M J&. 3a I £ S T, Baker City, July 4, 1871.-i)9tf Fred, A,. S Bol'inaAs i , M AT THE OLD StAND OF Bamberger & Fran' EAKE." CITY, OE2GO.V. FRED. A. BOHNA T> espeeliall.T informs the eiti- ll) zens of Baker City and the Public generally, that l.e has purchased the inter est oi Bob. McCord in the above S A L o O N , Where will always be found the very best Wines, Liquors aii«s Cigars. One of the Finest and Best • Billiard rPables To be found in the City’ . “ Fred” will lie pleased at all times to have his friends give him a call. FRED. A. BOHNA. Baker City, Jan. 20, 1875. nS9tf J?obacco-& Cigars, TOGETHER WITH A General Assortment Of all articles in his Line, which he is selling at L owest Pbices, for the Ready Pay. llis house is located on Main Street, nearly opposite the Bank Block, Baker City, Oregon. Baker City, Nov. 11, 1871.n27.tf. A. GAINES. GEO. J. BOWilAN. GAINES & BOWMAN, JBlacksmitlis A N D laiMactniw of Banks & Waps. W ffi ARE GETTING OUR TIMBER direct irom St. Louis, Mo., and none but the very best is Purchased, we are there fore prepared to Warrant ail our work. W e are now fully prepared to complete any Buggies or Wagons On short notice, and we can say we. have the Very Best of Workmen in our employ. Every one wanting a Buggy or Wagon will save time and money by giving us a call and examining our work for themselves. H o r s e - a S p ools!!.® . Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing. All repair work done on short notice. Wo are tpankfui lor past Patronage, and still solicit a continuance. GAINES & BOWMAN. Baker City', March 11, 1874.-n44tf LIVERY STA B LE 1 IESS 11 S . KILBLRX & I'EBKIJS R cspectfnHy Inform tlic Cli- izeiis of Baker City and County, and tne Public generally, that they have pur chased the Xsiuery Sta'folo Formerly kept by John Eppinger, and that they are prepared to furijcish customers with the best ot Single or Double Turn-outs, Either night or day, with or without drivers, at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the best of care bestowed. We keep nothing but the best of Stock and Buggies. Our stable is at the upper end of Main Street, Baker City, Oregon. Come and see us, Everybody, and we will do our best to please you. K1LBURN & PERKINS.- February 10, 1874.-n40tl XJlacksmithing AND WAGON MAKING, a AO tlie Various Brandies carried on by the Undersigned, at their bhop, at the Head of Main Street, B A K E R C I T Y , O R E G O N. Hu will do as good work, at as reasonable Prices, as any other Shop in the Country. Pio W S Manufactured to order. S. B. McCORD. Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874.n40tf Buy LIVERY STABLE GRIER & KELLOGG Having completed their New Stable, have now the finest and best regulated Livery Stable In E a s t e r n O reg o n , Where they will carry on the Livery Busi ness in all its branches. STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD. Bak«r City. Nov. 13, 1872. nl3tf Your Lumber at the Old, Reliable EbelPs Old Mill. W K HAVE REFITTED THE Mill and make the best Lumber in the county, at prices to suit the times. Any bills left at our Mill receive as prompt attention iu the future as in the past. IVe saw everything from a Lath to the Heaviest Timbers. Clear and seasoned Lumber always on hand. Bills left with J. W. Wisdom will receive immediate attention. By strict attention to business, we hope to receive our share of public patronage. An unlimited amount of Grain taken in exchange lor Lumber. ELLIOTT A VAN PATTEN. March 1 187L-n3itf. "W anted, 30.000 Pounds or W heat at the Bedrock Demo crat Office immediately, for which the high est Cask price wiiibe allowed. n26tf AVood Wanted. Cord of Wood Wanted at the Bedrock D emocrat Office imme- (Lately, for which the highest Cash price will he allowed, »36fct 50 BEDROCK DEMOCRAT, With one more number the fifth volume of the B edrock D emocrat closes, and with the commencement of the Sixth Volume we intend to adopt the system of striking from our list alt names of persons who are more than one year iir arrears, and as we do so we will place the ac counts of the delinquents in the hands of the proper oiiicera for col lection. We have time and again asked those in arrears to pay up and they have paid no attention to our requests, now we will see how they will like to pay costs as well as the honest debt they owe us. A man who can pay and will not must bo made to pay. We have furnished you the paper for one, two and three years, and paid out money for you every week, besides contributing our own labor, and now we intend to have the money due us if it can be made by law” We do not wish to make cost on any one, but necessity compels us to force payment. The books of a printing office are first- rate criterions by which to judge of a man’s responsibility and willing ness to pay his liabilities; for a man that will not pay the printer the small amount due him, will not, as a general thing, pay his other honest debts if he can possibly avoid it, and if any business men wish to form an idea who is good pay and who is not they can at auy_ time examine our books, and see who pays the printer, and thereby judge who is good and who is not. As we strike names from our list we shall publish them, and the amount duo us. If delin quents do not wish their names to appear in this list they must come forward and settle their accounts.— We mean business. All whose pa per is marked with an X , may know that we mean them. P ublished by Request. EASTERN OREGON. As spring approaches wo, with others in this portion of the State, are constantly in the receipt of letters, making inquiry in re lation to our soil, climate, productions, health, schools, taxes, ,&c., and wish us to answer them. This we have done hereto fore in the D emocrat, and in as truthful and as fair a manner as we know how. It is a subject hard to write upon and please all parties, and therefore we have and will continue to give facts as/we see and believe them to be, without any intention to de ceive any one who is’ seeking information in relation to this portion of Oregon. What is known as Eastern Oregon is that portion of the State lying east of the Cas cade range of Mountains, embracing Wasco> Umatilla, Grant Union and Baker counties; it is bounded on the north by the Columbia River and Washington Territory, on the east by Snake River and Idaho Territory, and on the South by California and Utah, and embraces considerable more than one- half of the area of the State. L ’ho country is well watered by the Columbia and Snake Rivers and their tributaries. The valleys along the various streams which meander through the whole extent of this portion of Oregon, are line agricultural and hay lands; the foot hills immediately . surrounding the valleys are beginning to attract attention, and are looked upon by those who hLve test ed their productiveness, as being equal to the valleys for everything except hay, and for small grain and fruit they are the best. The whole country is covered with fine bunch grass, and the higher the altitude the finer the grass becomes. • The mountains which surround the valley are, as a general thing, covered with fine timber, consisting of the various kinds '>f pine, fir and tarna- rac, while cottonwood and willow are to be found along the water courses in the valleys. The mountains abound with bear, deer, an telope and elk, with other small game, and the streams with trout, salmon trout, sal mon and other fish in great abundance. We have no cat-fish, pike or buffalo, which are so plentiful in the waters of the Mississippi River. Our trout, salmon trout and salmon are as fine fish as the waters of the world afford. In the early settlement of this section of country it was considered that the soil was, in a measure, good for nothing for agricul tural purposes, and that the only business that could be followed here profitably wa3 that of stock-raising; that our soil was not fit for cultivation or tagricultural purposes. The experience of our farmers for the past three or four years lias put to flight this er roneous idea’, and it is now a demonstrated fact that the soil of Eastern Oregon is equal in productiveness to any in the State. Porsons on first visiting our sagebrush, alkali plains are impressed with the same idea that was first obtained among our set tlers, that nothing could be grown on such soil as-they saw spread out before them, hut observation teach es the one that such is not the fact, and actual experience teaches the other, that their first impressions were wrong, and that the soil cf our sagebrush alkali plains produces everything entrusted to its generating properties equal to any other soil., and actual experience demon strates a further fact, which is that the long er suoh land is cultivated the better the soil becomes, and the better the yield per acre. The cause of this is conceived to be from the fact that cultivation has a tendency to de stroy the alkali properties with which the soil originally was so perfectly impregnated. In tins Willow,Creek and Burnt River val- leys, first rats corn is raised where the sage brush used to stand so largo and thick that it was almost impossible to drive a wagon. In Powder River Valley our best cultivated farms produce from thirty to sixty bushels of wheat to the acre; and of oats from fifty to one hundred bushels to the acre, a great portiou of our lands to produce good crops of wheat, oats, and barley, needs irrigation, as a general thing -some seasons this is not necessary—which can be done at small cost; by digging ditches connecting with the in numerable small streams which have their heads and fountains in the hills and moun tains which surround our valleys. The val leys *re generally very level and water can be carried onto them at almost every point. As a general thing the climate is pleasant both winter and summer— this winter being an exception, it having been colder than was ever known h*re before. The mercury hard ly ever goes below aero, sud then for some five or six days only, and never above 109. Farmers, as a general thin», do not have to feed their stock cattle during the winter. The water is pure and healthy. There is plenty of land that can be bought cheap, al so plenty that can bo taken as homesteads or entered. There is considerable land iu this portion of the State which has not yet been surveyed. The mines in Eastern Oregon are a great source of .vealtii. The placer mines have been worked since 1862, and are still’paying well. Quartz mining is carried on quite ex tensively, and bids fair do become the lead ing business of this portiou of the 8 late. There are being now discoveries of quartz made almost daily, and. new mills and other machinery for working quartz are being con stantly erected. The mines are the markets to which our farmers have to look for the sale of their surplus products. Our farmers are not farming as extensively as they would if they could find ready sale for what their land would produce. We are in want of the means of quick and cheap transportation to outside markets. As it is now the great sta ple, for export, is cattle. Ail kinds of vegetables grow in this por tion of the State, and the yield per aero is immense* They are of the finest flavor and will compare favorably with those of any other country. Apples, pears, peaches, plums and all kinds of smaii fruit do well in Grand Ronde Valley, and we have ’ no rea son to believe tiiat such will not be the case in all other portions of Eastern Oregon. The flavor of fruit raised here is better than that of the Waliamette valley, and we be lieve it will ultimately bs found that fruit raising will be a great source of wealth to our citizens. We do not claim- that we have all the good and no evils to contend with in this section of the State. The Waliamette and Rogue river valleys are fine bodies of land but we have as good Oil our'ereeks and rivers, and our uplands are better for all purposes than are those west of the Cascades, onr lands are as good or better than those for agricul tural purposes and for stock grazing, the people of that section ot the State seek and use ours. Our winters are pleasant, with just sufficient cold weather to make our country healthy and invigorating. We have none, or very little of the rain with waich the people west oi the Cascades have to con tend from about tlio first oi Dec, until iu the spring, sometimes as late as the first of May. Our country is as rich as any other portion of the l ’aciiic coast in minerals and the pre cious ores, and the interests and resources are so diversified that we care not what a man’s occupation may be, he can find prof itable employment. We have traveled all over the State, and the better we become ac quainted w'itk this portion the more we be come convinced that this is a good place for either a rich or a poor man to locate, if he wishes to enjoy good health, and make a pleasant and comfortable home. We have a wealthy and contented population, which is steadily increasing. We have go-d socie ty, schools, churches, Ac., in advance of other countries of our age. And, there is now a prospect, that at no far distant day, we will be connected with the outside world by one or more railroads*— then, indeed, this will be a favored land, and if a live, healthy, energetic, go-a-liead man cannot make a living here, and accumulate wealth, he might as well sell out and quite business. The above article is written in answer to a letter of inquiry received by our friend W. F. Levens, from Mr. Tlios. 8. Moore, of Tipton, Missouri, and the statements we have made wo believe to be as near correct as possibly can be given, OU’R OLiVJE CREEK! LETTER. rnrspsz— rr-m RATES OF ADVERTISING; One square or less, one insertion,........ o2 50 Each additional insertion,............................ 1 10 One square three months,........ . 0 ( 9 Business Advertisements by the month— Quarter column........................... 88 90 Half column, ................................................. 10 1 0 One column,............................................ 1.1 t o Ten per cent, additional on advertisements to which a special position is guaranteed, i C7?”The space of one Inch, up and down | tlie column, constitutes a square, j _ N. B.— All debts due this office are payable ! m Coin, unless otherwise expressly a;, rued. to travel on for the next four weeks, and wo think it will bo impossible to get horses through all the way. Both men and horses deserve great credit for what they have went through this winter. Long Jim think.-', that the only way that this road can be kep t open during the winter, successfully, is to have a daily line of Stages on it; it the Stage pass ed over this road twice a djv all winter it would keep the snow packed down solid and it would form an ice coating that would bear the horses up. Who says we are not entit led to a daily mail just as much hero, r.;i they are any place in Oregon ? Some of those fellows that are hollering “ Rail road” so much, had better holler “ daily stage” 'till the Rail road comes. Let Uncle Sam come out with about $30,000 a year, then we can have a road, and hea: from the country about us once in a while. I see in your paper that some ono calling himself 7 Up, writing from this section of country, says tiiere was but five Ledges in this part of tie country, that w u true; but, he went so far as to say, there was but little inducements for more people to come. Allow mo to say right here, in the -language of the poet, “ lie is a darned simple head.” I would like to know what more induce ments people would want; they might hunt the world over and would not find a lovlier place to spend the Summer, with its green clad hills,-and cold gurgling rills. There are a good many gentlemen and la dies coming from the John Day Valley, this Summer to fish and pick huckleberries; ¡ho hillsides and gulches, are lined with the lucious fruit every year, There is a beauti ful Lake ten miles from Robinsonville that is perfectly alive with trout. There were several persons out to this lake hist summer they caught fish just as fast as they could bait their hook and throw it in; we would advise tlie ladies and gentlemen. who aro fond of fishing to came to this lake, during this summer, There are many ways persons can enjoy themselves here not only in summer, but in winter; it is true the snow gets .pretty deop here, but the air is not as cold as cut side; wo are net troubled vitfi mud. Ys’ o have gay times running on Buow-Shi es, some of the ladies have become experts at the business. If these aro not inducement's enough, there aro plenty of old bachelors here, anything from a ragged miner to a gay garni o i r. Some of the bo; s sty ; 11.o / are tired of batching, and say they will go to the Umatilla reservation next winter and if they can,t got a Squaw they will marry a white woman. Yours, LONG JIM. AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. Olive Creek, April 16th, 1875. Editor Democrat: -The long hoped for, Spring, has come at last; the water is run ning pretty lively in this region of country; the boys are all rushing aroun l getting ready to use it. Mining has commenced at Park- ersville. California Gulch, Verrisant and Lower Olive. It will be several days yet, be fore there will be mv>cli water at Itobinson- ville and Greenhorn; the weather has been uncommonly warm here for the past week. It is terrible rough on ihe Stage drivers between Fort Sumpter and Canyon City. Last Monday night, Mr. Pierce and two pas sengers traveled all night afoot to Parkers- ville Station, the snow was so soft they had to leave the sleigh and horses on the mountain nine miles from the Station. Kellogg and Pierce are bound to have the mail through whether they get anything else through or not; when the horses gives up they unhitch, shoulder the mail sacks and go afoot to the nearest point; the road «ver the Dixie Mountain will be very bad E ditor Democrat:—W e have had one of the greatest changes in the weather, within the recollection of that extensively knov.-n person, the oldert inhabitant; the winter that has so long tyranized over us, giving us a considerable taste of Arctic comfort, has'at la3t succumbed and “ gone where the wood bine twineth,” and spring has burst upon us almost as sudden as tlie bursting of a thunder-cloud, and I assure you that after five months of severe, dreary winter, .these bright cheerful days are most welcome and have cheering influence on the mountain eers. The snow which was piled up in lingo banks, is thawing rapidly, sending down co pious streams of water in every gulch, stop ping the miners call for water and changing the song to, “ I am afloat, I am afloat.” The middle Fork of the John Day Liver is •boom ing,’ all of the tributaries of Rui nt River are “ brimming full,” while Olive, Granite, and Bull Run Creeks’ are doing their full share toward “juicifying” the count)y. Tlio miners are, as a general thing, at their posts and already many a “ Hydraulic pipes” is shooting water at the banks of dirt. Every thing indicates an extra good season in too mines. Charley Kellogg is having a huge time getting the mail through to Canyon City from your place, the Burnt River bottom' is one entire Lake, and between wading, raft ing and swimming' he manages to get through. Charley says lie don’ t think much of that song, “ A life on the Ocean wave” and lie don’t think that Noah would ln.vo lauded the mail on tliQ mountain that ho did, if he had had only a span of horses and a mud wagon to do it with. -Whenever you want a trip through here, Charley will "bring you sure* Yours, 7-UP. Merit is its Own Success.— Superior merits and capabilities, cheapness in price, and ease of operation, have placed the W’ il- son Shuttle Sewing Machine far in advance of all other machines in the market. The public shows its approval of all that it is and does by purchasing the machines as"fast as the Company can possibly manufacture them. There is no test of a sewing machine ever yet inaugurated but what has bei n used on the Wilson, and in every ease if has coma off ahead of every machine in use. No pains or expense is spared in the materi 1 noed in it, or the workmanship of its comyrnetion, to make the Wilson every way the best, most pleasant and most durable sewing machine iu existence. Machines will be delivered at ary Rail road Station in this county free of transpor tation charges, if ordered through the Com pany’s Branch House af-AJ & 329, Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio. They send an elegant catalogue and chrc* mo circulars, free on application. This Company want a few more good agents. Sam. H annah will receive grain, produce, Ac., at Union, in payment for, subscription to the Bedrock Democrat. John Gorman is Agent for tfce D emocrat

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Page 1: Icio Yfc WISDOM. Proprietor,

gEDRÖÖS DEMOCRAT,P U B L IS H E D EVERY WEDNESDAY,

J . M . S H E P H E R D .

OFFICE IN THEB E D R O C K D E M O C R A T B l 'I L D I S G . C t t U t j C f f t t

f EBMS OF SUBSCRIPTION

One year>Six Montiis,

0050

VOL. 5. BAKER CITY, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 28, 1875. NO. 51.

Correspondence from all portions of | Eastern Oregon is solicited for the Democrat. !

All communications, to receive attention, must be accompanied by a responsible name.

Personal communications will be charged as special advertisements.

8 . 5X. m m « I L ) L * ( 0 . , 10 S tateStreet, Boston, 37 Park Itow, New York, and 701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, are our Agents for procuring advertisements for the Bedrock Dem ocrat, in the above cities, and are authorized to contract for advertising tour lowest rates. n3if

We are now prepared to do all kinds of JOB WORK on short notice and at reasona­ble rates.

N. B .— All Job Work MUST BE PAID FOR ON DELIVERY.

P R O F E S S I O N A L C A R D S .

L. O. STERNS, T. C. IIY’ DE,N o t a r y P u b l i c .

S te r n s & .H y d a ,A t t o r n e y s a n t i C o u i i s e l m n A t - L n « ,

B A K E R C IT Y , OREGON.L . O . S t e e n s will attend the Courts of tlio

Fifth Judicial District, and of Idaho and Washington Territories.

Y/ater Rights and Mining Litigation a Specialty.

Collections promptly attended to.*uno 18, 1873.nOy

IDIII J, L i n u i m i

Attorncy-at-Law,B A K E S C IT Y , O B E G O X .

ILL, P R A C T IC E IN ALL COURTS of the tírate.

Baker City, Sept. 1, 1873. nlVv.w

J . M . S H E P H E R D ,

. A - t t o r n e y - a t - L a w ,B A K E R CITY', OREGON.

S. V. KfiOX,Attorney at Law ,

(And Notary Public.) W I S T O . V , o a i ; w o x .

Will practice in the Courts of this ¿tale and Washington Territ ,rv.

S P E C IA L ATTENTION PAID TO LAND ^ 5 Business, and Collections. nl3ti

J O S E P H H. S H IN N ,N o tax*y P u blio

ANDC o n v e v a n o e r ,

Will attend to Conveyancing and making ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.

Baker City. Sept. 11, 1872. n!8tf

R W . R E Y N O L D S ,

n o t a r y p u b l i c

AMDDEPUTY U. 3. MARSHAL.

Office with John Brat tain, Three Doors South of Bel-book Demob at otr.ee,

on sice ol the Street.B ak er C ity , S ep t. 3 , I8 7 3 .u l7 m 4

A. J. TiilBODO, M, A. M, !).M. A . Queen’s University, ('Canuda,AI. D. Trinity University, j 1851.

s i c i a n , S s r g e o n , à c c .

Office and Residence, at A. xi. Lisan t former residence, nearly opposite the Bed rock Democrat Office.

Dakar City, Oregon, Nov. 10, 187-1.-y

J - m X 3*« A ' i x v o o d . , M . B.(G r a d u a t e of the College of Physicians a n d Surgeons Now' Yora auu ut tiro iUeuic.il De­partment ol the W il la m e t t e Oniveisity,)

P H Y S I C I A N A N D S U H G E O N ,

Terms cash, or no patronage solicited. Office one door north oi City DrugU231- BAKLK CITY, OREGON.

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J o h n F . C h o r d ,

C a r p e n t e r a n d J o i n e r ,

B A K E R CITY, OREGON.

Designs and Specifications Furnished. Estimates Made. Terms Liberal.

Baker City, Nov. 17, 1871. n2Sy

S J M’CORMICK,Importer and Dealer In

Boots, Stationary, Toys, fisic AMNEW SPAPERS,

FBAHKLIN BOOK-STORE AND SANTA CLAUS’Headquarters, Fire-proof

Briok Building, 105 Front street, Portland,d L Oregon. [t i

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Ü ndei ta k er.w. c T îê -a v e r

laforms the Public that he is prepared to do All kind ol work in the Undertaking Business on short notice and at raso naide pnces.

Baker City, Oct. 1, 1873.n21tí

2 Sewing Mí&ehines-<fc Baker, and a Florence

ttae very liest—for sale, quire at thta office.

■A t .rover. both new and

For particulars, en- nöOtf.

A I> VERTI&IX G : C2ieaj>: gootEb} a tenia tic. All persons who cout&ni-

piato making contracts with newspapers for the insertion of advertisements, should sendf cc*lt® l? -feo: p - Iffiwell & Co., 41 Park Row, New York, tor tlieir PAMPHLET Book (nm® ,k ? eVemh e‘3tion), containing lists ot ©ver 2000 newspapers and estimates, showm« the cost. Advertisements taken for leaditm

K in many States at a tremendous re­ft from publisher’s rates. Get the

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dSf ew Drug Storesag -y Eg » aHBaEBBBBm B M agpM M

I Corner

Icio Yfco S r a i l O T Y *Corner of Alain Street and Valley Avenue,

BAKER CITY', OREGON,Would respectfully inform the public that

he has recently received a well se­lected and fresh Stock of

Drugs,Chemicals,

Paints, Oils,Perfumeries,

Patent Medicines,Soaps,

Wines,Brandies,

Whiskies andC ordials,

For Medicinal purposes. Family Medi­cines carefully prepared. Prescrip­

tions accurately compounded, at ail hours of the uuy or

n8 night. Give us a euil. tf

Dru^ Store,J. ¥. WISDOM. Proprietor,

Corner Alain Street and Valley Avenue Southwest Side,

B A K E R C IT Y , O R EG O N ,

K e e p s c o n s t a n t l y o n i i a n ba Full Assortment of all kinds of

Goods, consisting in part of DRUGS,

MEDICINES,PAINTS and OILS,

W IN D O W GLASS, VARNISH ES,

BRUSHES, and

T O t o ; & H w ® i gFor Aledicinal Purposes.

T O IL E T A R T IC L E SOf Every Description,

MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,AT THE

'N E W STORE,First door above the Express Office.

L a d i e s F a u e y :t n d M i l l i n e r yGoods in Store, and Latest Styles receiv.

eu hy Express every Month, and for tale at most reasonable Prices.

D r e s s M a k i n gDone to Order, and at Short Notice by

AIRS. L . J. HUSTON. Baker City-, April 18 ,1874.-n51m6

~\Yestern H o t e l .MAIN STREET,...........................................BAKER CITY.

REID & FLETCHEE, Propr.r n HIS HOUSE has been enlarged and re- A litted, and isnow the bust Hotel on the

Umatilla and Idaho stage route.Stages leave this House for above and be­

low, and also for Clark’s Creek. Eldorado, Gem City and Sparta.

Connected with the Hotel will be found a first class

S A. D O O M !Liquors/ Wines and Cigars of the best

quality. Phelan’s Improved Bi; lin’d Tables all m good order.

o------eN. B.—Those indebted to either the Hotel

or buioon are requested to appear at the Cat)tain’s office ana settle. no5v3tf.

.descriptions prepared at all Hours, and Country. Trade Solicited.

City

Best Brands, of F a m ily G roceries, To* Baeeos, C igars, A c ., constantly on

Hand, at the' Lowest Prices. Baker City, Oct, 7, 187Pn221y

J. B . G A R D N E R .

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WATCHMAKER AND JL vYELEE,ESTABLISHED IN EAKEB CITY IN 18G7,

Keeps constantly' on hand a well assortedStock of

WATCHES, CLOCKS I JEWELRY,j and is prepared to do all kinds. of work in

his line of business.Waltham and Elgin Watches at Factory

n31 Prices [ tf.

HOTEL BESTAIIW'Tc3L O

l i A N C JA ,JOSEPH MANA I DAS, Proprietor,

B A K E R CITY, OREGON.

PAP LEVIES,fïIÔ SÆ SA SÆ and R E T A IL ,

DEALER IN

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F

r g r i lE 1*1102*K I33T O R H A S B oaglst& the Hotel uestaur■uiit,. next door to

t in; Post Office, formerly kept by Sie-ord el Whitcomb, and has titled the same up in tire best style as a Hotel, on the French Restaurant Style, lie is prepared to ac­commodate the Public, and is determined to give entiie satitfaction.

The House is open from five o’clock in the morning until twelve at night, during which time customers will be supplied with the best of everything to be had in the

M J&. 3 a I £ S T ,Baker City, July 4, 1871.-i)9tf

Fred, A,.S

B o l ' i n a A s

i ,MAT THE OLD StAND OF

Bamberger & Fran'E A K E ." C IT Y , O E 2G O .V .

FRED. A. BOHNAT> espeeliall.T in form s the eiti-l l ) zens of Baker City and the Public generally, that l.e has purchased the inter­est oi Bob. McCord in the above

S A L o O N ,Where will always be found the very best

W in es, Liquors aii«s Cigars.

One of the Finest and Best •

B illia r d rP ablesTo be found in the City’ . “ Fred” will lie pleased at all times to have his friends give him a call.

FRED. A. BOHNA. Baker City, Jan. 20, 1875. nS9tf

J?obacco-& Cigars,TOGETHER WITH A

General AssortmentOf all articles in his Line, which he is selling

at L owest Pbices, for the Ready Pay. llis house is located on Main Street, nearly

opposite the Bank Block, Baker City, Oregon. Baker City, Nov. 11, 1871.n27.tf.

A. GAINES. GEO. J. BOWilAN.

GAINES & BOWMAN, JB lacksm itlis

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laiMactniw of Banks & Waps.W ffi A R E G E TTIN G OUR T IM B E R

direct irom St. Louis, Mo., and none but the very best is Purchased, we are there­fore prepared to Warrant ail our work.

W e are now fully prepared to complete any

Buggies or WagonsOn short notice, and we can say we. have the Very Best of W orkmen in our employ.

Every one wanting a Buggy or W agon will save time and money by giving us a call and examining our work for themselves.

H o r s e - a S p o o l s ! ! . ® .Special attention is paid to Horse Shoeing.

All repair work done on short notice. Wo are tpankfui lor past Patronage, and still solicit a continuance.

GAINES & BOWMAN. Baker City', March 11, 1874.-n44tf

L I V E R Y S T A B L E1IESS11S. KILBLRX & I'EBKIJS

R cspectfnHy In form tlic Cli-izeiis of Baker City and County, and

tne Public generally, that they have pur­chased the

X s i u e r y S t a ' f o l oFormerly kept by John Eppinger, and that they are prepared to furijcish customers with the best ot

Single or Double Turn-outs,Either night or day, with or without drivers, at the very lowest rates. First class Saddle Horses on hand. Horses boarded and the best of care bestowed. We keep nothing but the best of Stock and Buggies.

Our stable is at the upper end of Main Street, Baker City, Oregon.

Come and see us, Everybody, and we will do our best to please you.

K1LBURN & PERKINS.- February 10, 1874.-n40tl

XJlacksm ithingAND

W A G O N M A K IN G ,a A O tlie V a r io u s B r a n d ie scarried on by the Undersigned, at their

bhop, at the

Head of Main Street,B A K E R C I T Y , O R E G O N.

Hu will do as good work, at as reasonable Prices, as any other Shop in the Country.

P io W SManufactured to order.

S. B. McCORD.Baker City, Feb. 10, 1874.n40tf

Buy

LIVERY STABLEG R I E R & K E L L O G G

Having completed their New Stable, have now the finest and best regulated

L ivery StableI n E a s t e r n O r e g o n ,

Where they will carry on the Livery Busi­ness in all its branches.

STOCK BOUGHT AND SOLD.Bak«r City. Nov. 13, 1872. nl3tf

Your Lumber at the Old, Reliable

E b e lP s O ld M il l .W K H A V E R E F I T T E D T H E

Mill and make the best Lumber in the county, at prices to suit the times.

Any bills left at our Mill receive as prompt attention iu the future as in the past. IVe saw everything from a Lath to the Heaviest Timbers.

Clear and seasoned Lumber always on hand.

Bills left with J. W . Wisdom will receive immediate attention. By strict attention to business, we hope to receive our share of public patronage.

An unlimited amount of Grain taken in exchange lor Lumber.

ELLIOTT A VAN PATTEN. March 1 187L-n3itf.

"W an ted ,30.000 P o u n d s o r W h e a t

at the Bedrock Demo­crat Office immediately, for which the high­est Cask price wiiibe allowed. n26tf

AVood W a n te d .Cord o f W oo d W a n ted atthe Bedrock D emocrat Office imme-

(Lately, for which the highest Cash price will he allowed, »36fct

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B E D R O C K D E M O C R A T ,

With one more number the fifth volume of the B e d r o c k D e m o c r a t closes, and with the commencement of the Sixth Volume we intend to adopt the system of striking from our list alt names of persons who are more than one year iir arrears, and as we do so we will place the ac­counts of the delinquents in the hands of the proper oiiicera for col­lection. We have time and again asked those in arrears to pay up and they have paid no attention to our requests, now we will see how they will like to pay costs as well as the honest debt they owe us. A man who can pay and will not must bo made to pay. We have furnished you the paper for one, two and three years, and paid out money for you every week, besides contributing our own labor, and now we intend to have the money due us if it can be made by law” We do not wish to make cost on any one, but necessity compels us to force payment. The books of a printing office are first- rate criterions by which to judge of a man’s responsibility and willing­ness to pay his liabilities; for a man that will not pay the printer the small amount due him, will not, as a general thing, pay his other honest debts if he can possibly avoid it, and if any business men wish to form an idea who is good pay and who is not they can at auy_ time examine our books, and see who pays the printer, and thereby judge who is good and who is not. As we strike names from our list we shall publish them, and the amount duo us. If delin­quents do not wish their names to appear in this list they must come forward and settle their accounts.— We mean business. All whose pa per is marked with an X , may know that we mean them.

P ublished by Request.

E A S T E R N OREGON.

As spring approaches wo, with others in this portion of the State, are constantly in the receipt of letters, making inquiry in re­lation to our soil, climate, productions, health, schools, taxes, ,&c., and wish us to answer them. This we have done hereto­fore in the D emocrat, and in as truthful and as fair a manner as we know how. It is a subject hard to write upon and please all parties, and therefore we have and will continue to give facts as/we see and believe them to be, without any intention to de­ceive any one who is’ seeking information in relation to this portion of Oregon.

What is known as Eastern Oregon is that portion of the State lying east of the Cas­cade range of Mountains, embracing Wasco> Umatilla, Grant Union and Baker counties; it is bounded on the north by the Columbia River and Washington Territory, on the east by Snake River and Idaho Territory, and on the South by California and Utah, and embraces considerable more than one-half of the area of the State. L’ho countryis well watered by the Columbia and Snake Rivers and their tributaries. The valleys along the various streams which meander through the whole extent of this portion of Oregon, are line agricultural and hay lands; the foot hills immediately . surrounding the valleys are beginning to attract attention, and are looked upon by those who hLve test­ed their productiveness, as being equal to the valleys for everything except hay, and for small grain and fruit they are the best.

The whole country is covered with fine bunch grass, and the higher the altitude the finer the grass becomes. • The mountains which surround the valley are, as a general thing, covered with fine timber, consisting of the various kinds '>f pine, fir and tarna- rac, while cottonwood and willow are to be found along the water courses in the valleys. The mountains abound with bear, deer, an­telope and elk, with other small game, and the streams with trout, salmon trout, sal­mon and other fish in great abundance. We have no cat-fish, pike or buffalo, which are so plentiful in the waters of the Mississippi River. Our trout, salmon trout and salmon are as fine fish as the waters of the world afford.

In the early settlement of this section of country it was considered that the soil was, in a measure, good for nothing for agricul­tural purposes, and that the only business that could be followed here profitably wa3 that of stock-raising; that our soil was not fit for cultivation or tagricultural purposes. The experience of our farmers for the past three or four years lias put to flight this er­roneous idea’, and it is now a demonstrated fact that the soil of Eastern Oregon is equal in productiveness to any in the State.

Porsons on first visiting our sagebrush, alkali plains are impressed with the same idea that was first obtained among our set­tlers, that nothing could be grown on such soil as-they saw spread out before them, hut observation teach es the one that such is not the fact, and actual experience teaches the other, that their first impressions were wrong, and that the soil cf our sagebrush alkali plains produces everything entrusted to its generating properties equal to any other soil., and actual experience demon­strates a further fact, which is that the long­er suoh land is cultivated the better the soil becomes, and the better the yield per acre. The cause of this is conceived to be from the fa c t that cultivation has a tendency to de stroy the alkali properties with which the soil originally was so perfectly impregnated. In tins Willow,Creek and Burnt River val-

leys, first rats corn is raised where the sage­brush used to stand so largo and thick that it was almost impossible to drive a wagon. In Powder River Valley our best cultivated farms produce from thirty to sixty bushels of wheat to the acre; and of oats from fifty to one hundred bushels to the acre, a great portiou of our lands to produce good crops of wheat, oats, and barley, needs irrigation, as a general thing -some seasons this is not necessary—which can be done at small cost; by digging ditches connecting with the in­numerable small streams which have their heads and fountains in the hills and moun­tains which surround our valleys. The val­leys *re generally very level and water can be carried onto them at almost every point.

As a general thing the climate is pleasant both winter and summer— this winter being an exception, it having been colder than was ever known h*re before. The mercury hard­ly ever goes below aero, sud then for some five or six days only, and never above 109. Farmers, as a general thin», do not have to feed their stock cattle during the winter. The water is pure and healthy. There is plenty of land that can be bought cheap, al­so plenty that can bo taken as homesteads or entered. There is considerable land iu this portion of the State which has not yet been surveyed.

The mines in Eastern Oregon are a great source of .vealtii. The placer mines have been worked since 1862, and are still’paying well. Quartz mining is carried on quite ex­tensively, and bids fair do become the lead­ing business of this portiou of the 8 late. There are being now discoveries of quartz made almost daily, and. new mills and other machinery for working quartz are being con­stantly erected. The mines are the markets to which our farmers have to look for the sale of their surplus products. Our farmers are not farming as extensively as they would if they could find ready sale for what their land would produce. We are in want of the means of quick and cheap transportation to outside markets. As it is now the great sta­ple, for export, is cattle.

Ail kinds of vegetables grow in this por­tion of the State, and the yield per aero is immense* They are of the finest flavor and will compare favorably with those of any other country. Apples, pears, peaches, plums and all kinds of smaii fruit do well in Grand Ronde Valley, and we have ’ no rea­son to believe tiiat such will not be the case in all other portions of Eastern Oregon. The flavor of fruit raised here is better than that of the Waliamette valley, and we be­lieve it will ultimately bs found that fruit­raising will be a great source of wealth to our citizens.

We do not claim- that we have all the good and no evils to contend with in this section of the State. The Waliamette and Rogue river valleys are fine bodies of land but we have as good Oil our'ereeks and rivers, and our uplands are better for all purposes than are those west of the Cascades, onr lands are as good or better than those for agricul­tural purposes and for stock grazing, the people of that section ot the State seek and use ours. Our winters are pleasant, with just sufficient cold weather to make our country healthy and invigorating. We have none, or very little of the rain with waich the people west oi the Cascades have to con­tend from about tlio first oi Dec, until iu the spring, sometimes as late as the first of May. Our country is as rich as any other portion of the l ’aciiic coast in minerals and the pre­cious ores, and the interests and resources are so diversified that we care not what a man’s occupation may be, he can find prof­itable employment. We have traveled all over the State, and the better we become ac­quainted w'itk this portion the more we be­come convinced that this is a good place for either a rich or a poor man to locate, if he wishes to enjoy good health, and make a pleasant and comfortable home. We have a wealthy and contented population, which is steadily increasing. We have go-d socie­ty, schools, churches, Ac., in advance of other countries of our age. And, there is now a prospect, that at no far distant day, we will be connected with the outside world by one or more railroads*— then, indeed, this will be a favored land, and if a live, healthy, energetic, go-a-liead man cannot make a living here, and accumulate wealth, he might as well sell out and quite business.

The above article is written in answer to a letter of inquiry received by our friend W. F. Levens, from Mr. Tlios. 8. Moore, of Tipton, Missouri, and the statements we have made wo believe to be as near correct as possibly can be given,

OU’R OLiVJE CREEK! L E T T E R .

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to travel on for the next four weeks, and wo think it will bo impossible to get horses through all the way. Both men and horses deserve great credit for what they have went through this winter. Long Jim think.-', that the only way that this road can be kep t open during the winter, successfully, is to have a daily line of Stages on it; it the Stage pass­ed over this road twice a djv all winter it would keep the snow packed down solid and it would form an ice coating that would bear the horses up. Who says we are not entit­led to a daily mail just as much hero, r.;i they are any place in Oregon ? Some of those fellows that are hollering “ Rail road” so much, had better holler “ daily stage” 'till the Rail road comes. Let Uncle Sam come out with about $30,000 a year, then we can have a road, and hea: from the country about us once in a while.

I see in your paper that some ono calling himself 7 Up, writing from this section of country, says tiiere was but five Ledges in this part of tie country, that wu true; but, he went so far as to say, there was but little inducements for more people to come. Allow mo to say right here, in the -language of the poet, “ lie is a darned simple head.” I would like to know what more induce­ments people would want; they might hunt the world over and would not find a lovlier place to spend the Summer, with its green clad hills,-and cold gurgling rills.

There are a good many gentlemen and la­dies coming from the John Day Valley, this Summer to fish and pick huckleberries; ¡ho hillsides and gulches, are lined with the lucious fruit every year, There is a beauti­ful Lake ten miles from Robinsonville that is perfectly alive with trout. There were several persons out to this lake hist summer they caught fish just as fast as they could bait their hook and throw it in; we would advise tlie ladies and gentlemen. who aro fond of fishing to came to this lake, during this summer,

There are many ways persons can enjoy themselves here not only in summer, but in winter; it is true the snow gets .pretty deop here, but the air is not as cold as cut side; wo are net troubled vitfi mud. Ys’o have gay times running on Buow-Shi es, some of the ladies have become experts at the business. If these aro not inducement's enough, there aro plenty of old bachelors here, anything from a ragged miner to a gay garni o i r. Some of the bo; s sty ; 11.o / are tired of batching, and say they will go to the Umatilla reservation next winter and if they can,t got a Squaw they will marry a white woman. Yours,

LONG JIM.

AM ONG TH E M OU NTAINS.

Olive Creek, April 16th, 1875.

Editor Democrat: -The long hoped for, Spring, has come at last; the water is run­ning pretty lively in this region of country; the boys are all rushing aroun l getting ready to use it. Mining has commenced at Park- ersville. California Gulch, Verrisant and Lower Olive. It will be several days yet, be­fore there will be mv>cli water at Itobinson- ville and Greenhorn; the weather has been uncommonly warm here for the past week.

It is terrible rough on ihe Stage drivers between Fort Sumpter and Canyon City. Last Monday night, Mr. Pierce and two pas­sengers traveled all night afoot to Parkers- ville Station, the snow was so soft they had to leave the sleigh and horses on the mountain nine miles from the Station. Kellogg and Pierce are bound to have the mail through whether they get anything else through or not; when the horses gives up they unhitch, shoulder the mail sacks and go afoot to the nearest point; the road «ver the Dixie Mountain will be very bad

Editor Democrat:—We have had one of the greatest changes in the weather, within the recollection of that extensively knov.-n person, the oldert inhabitant; the winter that has so long tyranized over us, giving us a considerable taste of Arctic comfort, has'at la3t succumbed and “ gone where the wood bine twineth,” and spring has burst upon us almost as sudden as tlie bursting of a thunder-cloud, and I assure you that after five months of severe, dreary winter, .these bright cheerful days are most welcome and have cheering influence on the mountain­eers.

The snow which was piled up in lingo banks, is thawing rapidly, sending down co­pious streams of water in every gulch, stop­ping the miners call for water and changing the song to, “ I am afloat, I am afloat.” The middle Fork of the John Day Liver is •boom­ing,’ all of the tributaries of Rui nt River are “ brimming full,” while Olive, Granite, and Bull Run Creeks’ are doing their full share toward “ juicifying” the count)y. Tlio miners are, as a general thing, at their posts and already many a “ Hydraulic pipes” is shooting water at the banks of dirt. Every­thing indicates an extra good season in too mines.

Charley Kellogg is having a huge time getting the mail through to Canyon City from your place, the Burnt River bottom' is one entire Lake, and between wading, raft­ing and swimming' he manages to get through. Charley says lie don’t think much of that song, “ A life on the Ocean wave” and lie don’t think that Noah would ln.vo lauded the mail on tliQ mountain that ho did, if he had had only a span of horses and a mud wagon to do it with. -Whenever you want a trip through here, Charley will "bring you sure*

Yours, 7-UP.

Merit is its Own Success.—Superior merits and capabilities, cheapness in price, and ease of operation, have placed the W’il- son Shuttle Sewing Machine far in advance of all other machines in the market. The public shows its approval of all that it is and does by purchasing the machines as"fast as the Company can possibly manufacture them. There is no test of a sewing machine ever yet inaugurated but what has bei n used on the Wilson, and in every ease if has coma off ahead of every machine in use. No pains or expense is spared in the materi 1 noed in it, or the workmanship of its comyrnetion, to make the Wilson every way the best, most pleasant and most durable sewing machine iu existence.

Machines will be delivered at ary Rail road Station in this county free of transpor­tation charges, if ordered through the Com­pany’s Branch House af-AJ & 329, Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio.

They send an elegant catalogue and chrc* mo circulars, free on application.

This Company want a few more good agents.

Sam . H annah will receive grain, produce, Ac., at Union, in payment for, subscription to the Bedrock Democrat.

John Gorman is Agent for tfce D emocrat